I purchased an MD 205 a number of years back to try and help pick-up some distant stations of interest. At the time, I had both an externally mounted Magnum Dynalab ST-2 half wave omnidirectional antenna plus a VHF/FM multiple element yagi. Regardless of which antenna I was using, the MD 205 offered negligible improvement in signal strength or ability to capture distant stations over that of my McIntosh MR7084 solo.
At first I chalked this up to a defective MD 205. Magnum Dynalab graciously replaced the unit thinking the same but the replacement unit behaved identically. In the end, I took this as testament to the quality and abilities of McIntosh tuners given Magnum gear is generally acknowledged to be no slouch when it comes to FM reception.
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